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| Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer |
The issue is the war against Iran being waged by the US. The
lack of clarity involves why the US is doing it. That charge is mostly issued
by Democrats and a few Republicans in near-universal language. They keep saying
that the president has offered no clear reason for the attack and no clear
objective. They claim, with some justification, that they are getting mixed
messages, or that assertions of an imminent attack from Iran have no basis in
fact.
This is where the Trump administration is dropping the ball.
Instead of trying to justify the war against Iran based on a direct imminent
attack - which at best is questionable - they ought to be articulating the real
reason for it. A reason that, in fact, anyone with half a brain already knows,
and which therefore deserves unequivocal support. A reason articulated by the
many supporters of the war.
Which is as follows: Iran’s fanatical religious beliefs
include the destruction of the Jewish state, which they consider an affront to
Islam — and in the process, the seven million Jews living there. That, my
friends, is what is called genocidal intention. As an important ally of the
United States, it is in US interests to prevent that from happening...
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